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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] Documentation: add minimum clang/llvm version
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 4:16 AM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote:
>
> Based on a vote at the LLVM BoF at Plumbers 2020, we decided to start
> small, supporting just one formal upstream release of LLVM for now.
>
> We can probably widen the support window of supported versions over
> time. Also, note that LLVM's release process is different than GCC's.
> GCC tends to have 1 major release per year while releasing minor updates
> to the past 3 major versions. LLVM tends to support one major release
> and one minor release every six months.
>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
> Tested-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
> Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
> ---
> Changes V1 -> V2:
> * fix typo, as per Will.
> * add link to getting LLVM, as per Nathan.
> * collect tags.
>
> Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst | 4 ++++
> Documentation/process/changes.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
> index 2aac50b97921..3f10a9c47551 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
> @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
> +.. _kbuild_llvm:
> +
> ==============================
> Building Linux with Clang/LLVM
> ==============================
> @@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ Getting Help
> - `Wiki <https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/wiki>`_
> - `Beginner Bugs <https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22>`_
>
> +.. _getting_llvm:
> +
> Getting LLVM
> -------------
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> index ee741763a3fc..dac17711dc11 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils.
> Program Minimal version Command to check the version
> ====================== =============== ========================================
> GNU C 4.9 gcc --version
> +Clang/LLVM (optional) 10.0.1 clang --version


Just playing a nitpick:
Supporting Clang makes GCC optional, so now
"GNU C (optional)"

:-)


Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>


--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada

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